(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:16:22

Buhl (?), Buhl"work (?), n. [From A.Ch.Boule, a French carver in wood.]

Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc.

[Written also boule, boulework.]

 

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